Quake hits off southern of Iran!

Earthquake Details
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 4.7
Date-Time Friday, March 18, 2011 at 21:49:52 UTC
Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 01:19:52 AM at epicenter

Location 28.140°N, 56.383°E
Depth 9.9 km (6.2 miles)
Region SOUTHERN IRAN
Distances 106 km (65 miles) N of Bandar `Abbas, Iran
160 km (99 miles) SSE of Sirjan, Iran
206 km (128 miles) ENE of Lar, Iran
957 km (594 miles) SSE of TEHRAN, Iran

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 21.3 km (13.2 miles); depth +/- 0.7 km (0.4 miles)
Parameters NST= 65, Nph= 65, Dmin=355.1 km, Rmss=0.68 sec, Gp= 86°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=8
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID usc00026aw

earthquake.usgs.gov...

reply to post by stavis


Could that just be from Qadafi shaking in his boots.

And before anyone says anything yes i know it said Iran and Qadafi is Libya. Since Libya is big news over there I went that route.

OK care to elaborate? What is so amazing about this quake? Iran gets quakes all the time, and a 4.7 is hardly huge? So I ask again whats the deal here?

reply to post by lcbjr1979


LOL som one is shaking I would say, Zionist maby

there have been an increased amount of odd quakes lately. this one adds to the list

fault lines are moving, plates are budging...

expect to see more this year following the pattern of "comet" elenin

reply to post by jaynkeel


There has been a couple quakes today around iran and other places thats i pretty significiant and the activity the earth is showing is not normal bay far. thats why I made this thread. alson we are tool by differnt media that they expacting a bigger quake in near future.
I would think that the big one will be on the night between night time on monday between mars 21-22.

If you use this program earthquake 3D you will gain acess to realtime updates with a pretty cool program for free

Funny, but I was just about to post about my curiosity as to why Iran gets these quakes.

I have noticed that while it is not out of the ordinary for Iran to have an EQ on an average of 4-5 in MAG, I was wondering if anyone knew more about the geography in that zone and can explain why it seems to be only Iran?

I know Turkey has theirs also, but Iran is quite regular.

Anyone?

Originally posted by kermithermit111
there have been an increased amount of odd quakes lately. this one adds to the list

fault lines are moving, plates are budging...

expect to see more this year following the pattern of "comet" elenin

I will ask again how is this even remotely odd?

This is a forum about Japan, so why is there a thread about an Iranian earthquake here ?

reply to post by jaynkeel


how is what remotely odd? you could be referring to a number of things

reply to post by stavis


Looks like a neat program Happen to know if it's available for linux? I will have to take a look around.

reply to post by jaynkeel


The activity in the earth is far beyon normal and the densitet is higher than normal, all these events are abnormal in that meaning that they all happands with short time between them. futher moore are the quakes getting stronger and stronger by the hour.


Check it out for your self:

Update time = Fri Mar 18 22:39:15 UTC 2011


MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 4.7 2011/03/18 21:49:52 28.140 56.383 9.9 SOUTHERN IRAN
MAP 5.0 2011/03/18 21:18:55 36.154 141.174 48.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.2 2011/03/18 21:09:35 37.485 145.051 15.1 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 2.5 2011/03/18 20:52:57 35.323 -92.311 4.8 ARKANSAS
MAP 4.8 2011/03/18 20:32:37 37.300 141.509 42.1 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.9 2011/03/18 20:15:26 39.698 143.086 32.8 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 3.7 2011/03/18 19:54:45 34.859 -112.072 4.9 ARIZONA
MAP 5.2 2011/03/18 19:53:07 37.596 141.479 63.5 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.9 2011/03/18 19:19:21 36.492 142.600 36.2 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.8 2011/03/18 19:16:48 39.760 143.169 32.4 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.0 2011/03/18 18:32:50 39.158 142.299 46.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.5 2011/03/18 18:10:25 -0.003 123.535 137.4 SULAWESI, INDONESIA
MAP 4.6 2011/03/18 17:48:49 36.898 143.229 35.8 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.1 2011/03/18 17:28:53 35.125 141.484 24.5 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.9 2011/03/18 16:59:49 -24.046 -67.009 158.4 SALTA, ARGENTINA
MAP 4.8 2011/03/18 16:23:30 39.249 143.358 24.7 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 3.3 2011/03/18 15:48:26 19.721 -156.145 39.3 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 4.8 2011/03/18 15:03:01 36.723 143.111 49.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.8 2011/03/18 14:31:16 37.657 143.395 33.5 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.0 2011/03/18 13:38:42 37.707 143.323 25.1 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.7 2011/03/18 12:57:11 40.033 144.290 28.6 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 2.5 2011/03/18 12:44:10 33.227 -116.752 8.5 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.8 2011/03/18 12:21:07 37.997 142.342 32.6 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.0 2011/03/18 12:17:02 38.930 142.447 31.7 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 2.9 2011/03/18 11:18:47 63.451 -145.042 3.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 4.7 2011/03/18 10:39:09 37.311 144.387 42.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.6 2011/03/18 09:54:12 51.296 -178.042 33.0 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.5 2011/03/18 09:36:27 43.046 74.902 10.0 CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN
MAP 5.3 2011/03/18 08:01:34 35.775 140.869 24.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.8 2011/03/18 07:41:34 39.246 142.958 40.3 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.7 2011/03/18 07:30:45 38.822 141.878 25.6 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 2.6 2011/03/18 06:19:34 64.344 -157.834 5.0 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 4.8 2011/03/18 05:18:40 34.952 141.146 30.4 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 2.9 2011/03/18 04:34:50 47.288 -122.691 31.9 PUGET SOUND REGION, WASHINGTON
MAP 2.7 2011/03/18 03:37:58 38.810 -122.465 6.5 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.5 2011/03/18 03:23:56 37.771 143.502 19.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 3.3 2011/03/18 03:17:43 32.215 -115.212 10.0 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 5.2 2011/03/18 02:47:49 37.270 141.833 45.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.4 2011/03/18 02:33:45 12.473 -88.913 69.8 OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
MAP 4.5 2011/03/18 01:44:13 25.416 -109.711 10.0 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.7 2011/03/18 01:05:28 18.489 -66.178 12.5 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.8 2011/03/18 00:52:08 35.642 141.353 31.3 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.4 2011/03/18 00:41:22 35.863 141.697 45.8 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.9 2011/03/18 00:12:05 35.502 142.060 8.8 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

reply to post by cosmicpixie


the quake in japan unleashed enough tectonic momentum to spread across the globe, this one most likely being another arrangement to get more comfortable

reply to post by kermithermit111

there have been an increased amount of odd quakes lately. this one adds to the list

Southern Iran has numerous quakes especially within this strength. Thats what I am referring to.
It's kinda like saying that Kansas getting an F2 tornado is odd. Get my question?

reply to post by stavis


Well the Japan quakes would be expected, their island just moved by 8 feet during the recent quake. And as far as the others on that list to me looks like what I would see everyday when I had quake alert active on my desktop. Now that was a year ago. The spots registering to me all sound like familiar areas that receive those strengths fairly often. Perhaps I missed something I glanced quickly. And most if not all of those are located within the ring of fire, again an area recently very active and expected.

reply to post by stavis


Yeah, the last 48 hrs have seen the West Coasts of North and South America increasing in intensity. These coasts have a lot of quakes daily but the MAG has increased.

quakes.globalincidentmap.com...

reply to post by jaynkeel


Dont now if it works on linux. but yes is really nice a accurate program here is a pick of the last quake:

img28.imageshack.us...

reply to post by jaynkeel


I agree with what you are saying however due to the number of earthquakes and the magnitude wich is higher than normal makes this earthquakes a bit noticible.

I figured i would repost these pictures here as well.

Thought that the activity is very interesting.

Originally posted by stavis
reply to post by jaynkeel

 

I agree with what you are saying however due to the number of earthquakes and the magnitude wich is higher than normal makes this earthquakes a bit noticible.

Without a doubt something is going to move around that perimeter, it has to considering the amount of energy released during the Japan quake. I fully agree with that, now I guess it's just a matter of when. And me thinks we will find out soon. But on the positive side those numerous smaller quakes could be a blessing in disguise, releasing smaller amounts of energy avoiding the bigger quake that could be looming elsewhere.